Description: Hunter Pre-Health advisers will hold group advising sessions for students with Pre-Health questions. This session will be held in a classroom setting and will allow students to collectively ask questions of the Pre-Health advising team and to learn from their Pre-Health peers. All are welcome, especially first-year students!

Description: Patricia Cusack, Ed.D., Director of Volunteer Services at MJHS (Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Hospice and Palliative Care,) will conduct an Information Session for students interested in learning about the details of the enrollment process for becoming a hospice volunteer. MJHS is one of the largest hospices in the tri-state area. Once the details are presented, there will be a QA segment so that participants will leave with a solid understanding of 1) the services that are rendered to persons who qualify for the end-of-life hospice support; 2) how volunteers fit into the clinical Interdisciplinary Team work that is unique to the hospice model; 3) what, exactly, volunteers are trained to do and, by contrast, what they are not permitted to do.
Hospice volunteers are a vital part of the Interdisciplinary Team and are under the guidance and supervision of a paid Volunteer Coordinator. Hospice volunteers provide companionship for patients and families, engage in leisure activities (reading, music, games, art, etc. with patients),
enable “life review” projects for patients who are interested, and a host of other creative activities. Of course, hospice services are rendered amidst a clinical setting – in a home, an IPU in a hospital, a nursing home or a hospice residence. An initial screening process is required, followed by 15 hours of training which is mandated by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). Becoming a hospice volunteer is an effective way for pre-health students to gain exposure to the profound experiences of end-of-life care for patients – emotionally, medically, spiritually and psycho-socially.

Description: Billie Johnsson will discuss Weill Cornell Medical College’s Research Associate Program. The Weill Cornell Medical College’s Research Associate Program (RAP) exposes college and post-baccalaureate students to research activities within the emergency department setting, specifically at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine (NYP/WCM). Program participants work in the Emergency Department between 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 7 days a week, to recruit patients for participation in research studies.
The Research Associate Program is a research program that occurs in a clinical setting. The program is designed to involve Research Associates in many elements of the performance of research while providing opportunities for observing clinical practice in the NYP/WCM emergency department and for extended interaction with clinical providers and patients. The program provides educational and practical experiences that increase knowledge about research methodology and clinical care and may enhance participant’s application to medical or graduate school.

Description: Join us for an admissions presentation from Sackler School of Medicine with Barbara Kugel, Director of Academic & Alumni Affairs.
The Sackler School of Medicine New York State/American Program of Tel Aviv University is a partnership between the United States and Israel that has existed since 1976. The program has trained approximately two thousand talented men and women who have become some of the finest physicians in the world.
The program, which is a four-year course of study, is chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York State and accredited by the State of Israel.
It welcomes qualified citizens or permanent residents of the United States and Canada.
Students are taught in English, and class size is limited to 63 students per class.
Topics include:
1. Sackler SOM history
2. Program specifics – admissions, FA, curriculum, schedule
3. Electives in the US
4. The Match and Residency in the US
5. Q&A

Description: We will be discussing controversial issues and moral implications involved in the refusal or reluctance of one to be vaccinated or to have one's children vaccinated. Join the Society of Bioethics and Medicine to present your viewpoints and hear those of researchers, doctors, patients, family members, and others involved in the field. Food will be served!

Description: Come and learn how to administer an IV. IV stands for intravenous that is giving medicines or fluids through a needle or tube, which directly goes into a vein. Proper and successful insertion of IV places its own importance as it can even cause discomfort to the patient.
This is a hands-on workshop. You will be given the opportunity to practice administering an IV. Seats are limited. RSVP TODAY.

Description: Dr. Syed Haider will be speaking about his journey to Medical School and beyond.
Syed Haider is a fourth-year medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who will be starting General Surgery residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Syed was born and raised in Pakistan and immigrated to the United States in 2007. He studied biology at City College of New York where he was a Colin Powell Health Scholar, CCNY-Memorial Sloan Kettering Research Fellow, and CUNY Jonas Salk Scholar. As a medical student at ISMMS, he was selected as Mount Sinai-GLG Global Health Scholar and where he co-founded Mount Sinai Human Rights Student Leadership Program that provides educational, research, and advocacy opportunities for students interested in working with refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of torture. He organized a school-wide conference on Islamophobia and Racism in the Healthcare System and has shared his work on Human Rights at several national meetings, including at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. Syed has held several leadership roles at ISMMS. He served as the President of Student Council and was a member of the Student Council Board of Trustees Committee, LCME Accreditation Task Force Committee, and Muslim Students Association at ISMMS. In addition, he has conducted extensive research on sports-related traumatic brain injuries, bibliometrics, and surgical disparities in healthcare. He has additionally co-founded Global Surgery Student Alliance Group at Mount Sinai and is involved in a new curriculum for Global Surgery at ISMMS medical students. Syed intends to combine his clinical interest in General Surgery with his interests in human rights education and refugee healthcare. Outside of academics, Syed has a strong interest in soccer, photo-journalism and traveling.

Description: From direct patient care and one-on-one counseling to research-driven psychology, many fields offer an opportunity to provide valuable care to those suffering from mental disorders. Join us for a discussion with health practitioners who work in various areas of behavioral health.
Panelists include:
Dr. Anne Ganzer (PhD, PMH-NP) is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She holds a PhD in Nursing Research, an MS in Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, and an MA in Psychology.
Dr. April Kisamore completed her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis at Western New England University and her M.A. in Behavior Analysis at Western Michigan University. April has worked in the field of behavior analysis over 15 years.
Valerie Lyons (MSEd, CRC, LMHC) has worked as a Rehabilitation Professional for over 20 years. She began her career at Samaritan Village, Inc. where she served as the Director of Vocational Educational Services. Upon leaving Samaritan Village, Valerie worked as the Assistant Project Director of the Hunter College/OASAS Work-Study Project. Valerie received her Master of Science Degree in Education from Hunter College and is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Valerie also received certification from the International Life Coach Academy as a Life Coach.
Dr. Kenneth M. Fifer, MD, is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Fifer received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. He went on to receive his Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, and subsequently completed Internal Medicine Residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. He is also the assistant director of the Collaborative Care Program at Mount Sinai.

Description: Choosing a road less traveled does not in any way reflect your knowledge and skills, but rather, your interests and values. A small but growing number of students are now reshaping their views and choosing alternative careers in medicine. Please join us as we host 3 panelists who will share their experiences on choosing an alternative career in medicine.
Panel Speakers:
Samantha Berry:
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant
Adjunct faculty at Pace University for Physician Assistant Studies
Chong Gao, Ph.D.
Ph.D. with extensive experience in oncology research. Skilled in Molecular and Cell Biology, Data Mining and Microsoft Office Suite. Outstanding teaching professional at Hunter College. Exposure in business development and market research through consulting competitions and internship.
Anastasia Martinova:
Current student in the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel pursuing an accelerated second Bachelor’s Degree and will graduate with BSN this December.

Description: For anyone who is thinking of having a medical practice -- it is like starting a business. The same way a hospital would look at where to locate their facilities in terms of demographics, competition, convenience for patients, drawing in top clinicians -- these things can come into play for a smaller practice. Also understanding from an entrepreneur both what it takes to start a business, how medical technology gets launched and how it may affect patient care, or how health data can be used for good care (or misused) are all valuable. So it's not just relevant to "Business" but it is relevant to clinical practice too.
Join us for an engaging discussion featuring panelists:
Marcel Botha is Founder & CEO of 10XBeta , a product development and engineering firm working in consumer and enterprise electronics, medical devices, and specialized robotics.
Margaret Burke is the Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Care and Hospital Operations, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter Shanley is a co-founder, investor, and strategic advisor to CoverUS Health.
Mark Shankar, MD is an Emergency Medicine Physician on faculty at Columbia University and currently in his second year at Harvard Business School.
Thomas C. Ahn is the System Vice President for the Real Estate Division of the Mount Sinai Health System (Mount Sinai, St. Luke’s, Mount Sinai West - formerly Roosevelt Hospital, Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Mount Sinai Queens Hospital and The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) a Seven hospital healthcare network with over 37,000 employees.
THERE WILL BE FOOD – AND NETWORKING

Description: This event features a panel of Asian American doctors and medical school students from New York City, who will be sharing their personal experiences in the medical field and giving insight into their specialties. Topics that will be discussed include different paths in medicine, immigrant experiences, and racial/ethnic identity. Our notable speakers are Dr. Tipsuda Bahri MD, Dr. Christine M. Lomiguen MD, and Dr. Sushama Rich MD of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers.

Description: The Pre-Health Advising Office will hold a group advising session for transfer students. This session will cover the requirements for a Pre-Health file, Committee Letter and address any other questions or concerns you may have. Many successful Pre-Health students begin their careers at community or other colleges and universities. We strongly encourage you to get involved in the Hunter College Pre-Health community.

Title: University of Rochester Medical School Early Assurance Program Information Session

Description: The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) offers an Early Assurance Program (EAP) to a select group of highly qualified college sophomores who attend Hunter College. The EAP offers a conditional acceptance to URMC following the successful completion of your four-year undergraduate degree.
Academically qualified sophomore undergraduates may apply in May and June following the completion of their sophomore year and will not be required to take the MCAT exam.
•Formal Clerkships begin in March of your 1st year in medical school.
•Home of the Biopsychosocial model – a holistic view of the patient.
•Rochester is in the top 15% of primary care schools that also
rank in the top 25% of research-intensive medical schools.
•Combined degree programs: MD/MBA, MD/PhD, as well as Master’s degree programs in Public Health Sciences, Neurobiology & Anatomy
•5 Certificate Pathways: Medical Education, Latino Health,
Clinical Ethics and/or Humanities, Deaf Health and Global Health

Description: Dr Salome Maswime is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Lecturer at Wits University, and Director of the Wits Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Research Division in South Africa. She is currently a research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University Center for Global Health, as the recipient of the prestigious Discovery Foundation MGH Award. She is also the President and founder of the South African Clinician Scientists Society.

Description: We will be hosting our most requested event (and our final event of the semester)- a personal lunch with a female Hunter College faculty member. This will be held on Wednesday, May 8 in room West 214, with Dr. Carmen Melendez-Vasquez. Lunch and refreshments will be served!
This is a great opportunity for students who are looking to learn about how to find research positions with faculty members, students interested in Professor Melendez-Vasquez's specific research, and students interested in Biology research at Hunter. This is also great for those of you interested in learning about the path to a PhD or an MD-PhD, what being a Post-Doc is like, and what the experience as a woman in STEM is like.
Dr. Melendez-Vasquez has studied at the New York University School of Medicine, London University, the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, and the Central University of Venezuela. Her research focuses on cytoskeletal regulation of myelin formation and repair. Myelin is a specialized membrane, which wraps around axons in the peripheral (PNS) and central (CNS) nervous systems. In diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (CNS) and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (PNS), loss of myelin around the nerve cells results in conduction block and underlies the clinical deficit characteristic of these disorders. The long-term goal of her research is to help with the development of novel therapeutic tools to treat human demyelinating diseases.

Description: SEEKING A MENTOR TO GUIDE YOU AS A PRE-HEALTH STUDENT?
Learn about opportunities to become both a MENTOR and a MENTEE as part of the PRE-HEALTH MENTORING INITIATIVE (PHMI)
Join us at a PHMI Information Session to hear about the value of mentorship from the PHMI Board members, Mentors, and Mentees. Discover what it means to be a Mentor and how YOU can help others succeed!
PHMI is a community of upperclassmen who have been through the stressful process of being a Pre-Health student, and want to use their knowledge and experiences to help new students navigate their Pre-Health track.
If you are seeking a Mentor, you can apply to be a Mentee!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THIS EVENT!
You will receive credit for attending a Pre-Health Event. There will be snacks and water too!

Description: Are you a Pre-Med, Pre-Veterinary or Pre-Dental student? Are you wondering what it takes to get into medical, veterinary or dental school? Come and join us at our next panel discussion featuring Hunter College alums and current students who have been accepted into medical, veterinary and dental school! These speakers applied this cycle and they are ready to share their experiences. Listen and learn from their journey (and also score some insider tips)!
Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to meet applicants who have been accepted to top-tier schools such as Weill Cornell, NYU, Duke, Mount Sinai, Columbia and UPenn!

Title: Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking in Healthcare Settings

Description: Please join us as we welcome Restore NYC, a nonprofit organization working to end sex trafficking in New York. They will be giving a presentation about learning the indicators of human trafficking so that you can help identify a potential trafficking victim, especially as future healthcare providers. Despite the high number of human trafficking victims that seek healthcare treatment, many hospitals and clinics lack formal training for healthcare professionals. Recognizing common signs that a person is possibly a victim of human trafficking can potentially save someone’s life. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.

Description: Hunter Pre-Health advisers will hold a group advising sessions for students with Pre-Health questions. This session will be held in a classroom setting and will allow students to collectively ask questions of the Pre-Health advising team and to learn from their Pre-Health peers. All are welcome, especially first-year students!

Description: The experiences and personal statement sections bridge the gap between a description of you as a scientist-humanitarian and the analytics provided by the admission test and academic institutions. Your target institution needs to affirm your intellectual and temperament preparedness for the investment that they will make in you. Your academics tell the story of your intellectual journey. Your experiences and personal essay are a window into your non-academic mindset. This workshop aims to help you to organize, write and present your many achievements, your reason for pursuing a career in healthcare and to explain and minimize any flaws that may exist in your applicant profile. This workshop is required for Committee Letter and Letter Packet applicants.

Description: Hey, pre-dents! Please join us as Dr. Ethan Moskovic, DDS will provide us with an introduction to dentistry. In this workshop, he will discuss the bases of restorative dentistry with some fun hands-on exercise and exhibits! He will be bringing real dental handpieces for everyone to practice on.
Hale & hearty will be provided

Description: This workshop will cover everything you need to know about writing your secondary essays for medical, dental, vet, or other health profession applications, including:
Why secondary essays are a critical component of your health profession application,
•A review of common secondary essay questions,
• Tips for how to write effective secondary essays,
•Tips for what to avoid in writing your secondary essays,
•Organizing the completion of your secondary essays, and
•The timing for submitting your secondary essays.
Sample secondary essays will be reviewed and copies will be available.

Description: Joins us for the annual Pre-Dental society dinner. We will also announce the new PDS e-board.
The Hunter College Pre-Dental Society is excited to announce the following speakers for the 2018-2019 End-Of-Year Banquet. We will be welcoming:
Dr. Rose Amable is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, who was born and raised in Lima, Peru. She is a pediatric dentist and a full-time faculty at NYU College of Dentistry. Dr. Rose completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry at Fordham University. Before pursuing her dental education, she conducted stem cell research at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and co-author multiple publications. Dr. Rose received her Doctor in Dental Surgery degree from New York University, where she enjoyed providing dental services and promoting oral health to underserved communities locally and internationally. After graduating, she completed a one-year residency program at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx, where she received training in management of dental and facial trauma, as well as in general dentistry. Dr. Rose completed her pediatric dental training at New York University and Bellevue Hospital, where she received extensive training in the treatment of medically compromised children, trauma, orthodontics, craniofacial anomalies and pediatric medicine.Her main goal as a pediatric dentist is to provide her patients with the best care available in a warm, friendly and fun environment.
Dr. Michelle Goldstein: Dr. Goldstein is a pediatric dentist and a full-time faculty at NYU College of Dentistry. Dr. Michelle, as she prefers her patients to call her, received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Brandeis University and completed her dental education at Boston University School of Dental Medicine where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree. In recognition of her outstanding performance throughout her dental education, she was awarded the 2012 Academic Excellence Award at Boston University School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Michelle then left Massachusetts for New York in order to complete specialty training in Pediatric Dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry. Throughout her post-graduate education, Dr. Michelle developed a love of outreach dentistry and has traveled both internationally and domestically to provide dental care to children in need. In addition, Dr. Michelle is currently clinical faculty in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry where she trains future generations of Pediatric Dentists.
She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, is an active American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry member, and is certified in CPR and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) by the American Heart Association. Dr. Michelle’s goal is for every child to have positive and fun experiences at the dentist. In her free time, she enjoys Barre and going to the beach.
Mariya Lelikova is a first year dental student at Touro College of Dental Medicine. She is a Hunter College alumnus, and was the the secretary of the Pre-Dental Society for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Andriy Yusvyak is a first year dental student at Touro College of Dental Medicine. He is a Hunter College alumnus, and was the treasurer of the Pre-Dental Society for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Dress code: Formal
(If you are not dressed appropriately you will not be allowed to enter this event.)

Description: Each applicant's medical or dental school list will be different. Creating one goes beyond metrics. As a prospective student, you should take into account the location, the programs they offer, tuition cost as well as their mission statement. Learn how to construct your school list when the time comes to make your school selections.
Target audience: 2019-2020 applicants

Title: Dissecting the AMCAS Application of A Successful Applicant: Packaging Yourself For Success

Description: This presentation will cover the anatomy of an AMCAS application. You will receive insights on the application process from a successful 2018-2019 applicant to medical school who has been accepted to several medical schools which include, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Renaissance SOM at Stony Brook University and SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Target audience: 2019-2020 applicants

Description: Join us for our 2019 Student Accomplishment Reception.
The Student Accomplishment Reception recognizes and celebrates our Successful Applicants, Post-Bac Program graduates, Recipients of Prestigious Scholarships, and Acceptances to Research and Clinical Programs.
You must RSVP for this event, and you may bring two guests. This is a formal reception, and dinner will be served.
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